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ID:     153794
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     SELEUCID KINGDOM
Issuer:     Demetrius I Soter
Date Ruled:     162-150 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Date Struck:     BC circa 153-150
Diameter:     16 mm
Weight:     4.06 g
Obverse Description:     Diademed head right, diadem ends falling straight down; fillet border
Reverse Description:     BASILEWS DHMHTRIOU SWTHROS, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow set on ground
Mint:     Ekbatana
Primary Reference:     SNG Spaer 1372
Reference2:     Houghton 1248
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=51571
Notes:     Exceptional die for this normally crude issue.